bait vs broken

bait

adj
  • Obvious; blatant. 

  • Well-known; famous; renowned. 

noun
  • Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests. 

  • A light or hasty luncheon. 

  • A packed lunch. 

  • A post intended to get a rise out of others. 

  • Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something 

  • A small meal taken mid-morning while farming. 

  • Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. 

  • A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment. 

  • A miner's packed meal. 

verb
  • To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass. 

  • (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey. 

  • To attract with bait; to entice. 

  • (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey. 

  • To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport. 

  • To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line. 

broken

adj
  • Uneven. 

  • Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful. 

  • Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next. 

  • Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic. 

  • Fractured; having the bone in pieces. 

  • Badly designed or implemented. 

  • Fragmented; in separate pieces. 

  • Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds. 

  • Interrupted; not continuous. 

  • Having no money; bankrupt, broke. 

  • Not having gone in the way intended; saddening. 

  • Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous. 

  • Split or ruptured. 

  • Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker. 

  • Breached; violated; not kept. 

  • Non-functional; not functioning properly. 

  • Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed. 

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